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Tutankhamun: The Boy King's Golden Legacy

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Ancient Egypt

Tutankhamun: The Boy King's Golden Legacy

A journey into ancient Egypt through its most famous tomb.

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Bharat

2021
A mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, killed nine and injured seven.
1957
The Indiaman departed Victoria Coach Station, London, as part of the first UK–India bus service.

World

2019
A fire severely damaged Notre-Dame de Paris, destroying the cathedral's timber spire and much of the roof.
2013
Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev set off two pressure cooker bombs during the running of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264 others.
2002
Air China Flight 129 crashed on approach to Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, killing 129 people.
1994
At a GATT ministerial meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, representatives of 123 countries and the European Communities signed an agreement to establish the World Trade Organization.
1989
The Hillsborough disaster, a human crush that caused 97 deaths in the worst disaster in British sporting history, occurred during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.
1989
The death of former Chinese General Secretary Hu Yaobang triggered a series of events that led to the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing.

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